transfixed

Meaning of transfixed

verb, past tense
  1. cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment.
    he was transfixed by the pain in her face
    she stared at him, transfixed
  2. pierce with a sharp implement or weapon.
    a field mouse is transfixed by the curved talons of an owl

late 16th century (in transfix (sense 2)): from Latin transfix- ‘pierced through’, from the verb transfigere, from trans- ‘across’ + figere ‘fix, fasten’.

Information about transfixed

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of transfixed

trans-fixed

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • transfixed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

transfixed synonyms

Meaning fascinated:

fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized, spellbound

Meaning hypnotize (someone):

mesmerize

Meaning capture the whole attention of (someone); fascinate:

hypnotize

Meaning hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic; fascinate:

spellbind

Meaning enchant and delight (someone):

bewitch

Meaning attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm:

captivate

Meaning an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place:

entrance

Meaning capture the fascinated attention of:

enthral

Meaning attract the strong attention and interest of (someone):

fascinate

Meaning absorb all the attention or interest of:

engross

Meaning give intense pleasure or joy to:

enrapture

Meaning knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state:

stun

Meaning make (someone) unable to think or feel properly:

stupefy

Meaning shock or greatly surprise:

astound

Meaning take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly:

grip

Meaning make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move:

petrify

Meaning prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal:

immobilize

Meaning (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold:

freeze

Meaning join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets:

rivet

Meaning transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument:

impale

Meaning thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill:

stab

Meaning pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object:

spear

Meaning (of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something):

pierce

Meaning impale on or pierce with a sharp point:

spike

Meaning fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer:

skewer

Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:

stick

Meaning blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence:

gore

Meaning attach or fasten with a pin or pins:

pin

Meaning stab (someone) with a bayonet:

bayonet

Meaning spear with a harpoon:

harpoon

Meaning prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument:

lance

Meaning make a puncture in (something):

puncture

Meaning pierce and make a hole or holes in:

perforate

Meaning pierce through (someone or something):

transpierce

Words that rhyme with transfixed

appendixed, affixed, apicifixed, basifixed, confixed, dorsifixed, enfixed, fixed, infixed, medifixed, postfixed, prefixed, reaffixed, refixed, semifixed, suffixed, unaffixed, unfixed, uninfixed, unprefixed, unsuffixed, untransfixed, bolixed, bollixed, elixed, flixed, admixed, bemixed, commixed, immixed, incommixed, intermixed, mixed, overmixed, permixed, premixed, remixed, uncommixed, unintermixed, unmixed, unpermixed, nixed, pixed

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